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A Longtime Long Island Bar Server Is Taking Over a Red-Sauce Staple
Fans of Sam’s, the pizzeria that has been around since 1930, have long viewed the restaurant as a ticking clock. Louis Migliaccio, the beloved curmudgeon who ran the place all but single-handedly, r...
Chef Hillary Sterling Wants Her Peter Luger Burger Delivered
“I’ve always loved extreme things,” says Hillary Sterling, executive chef of the “Italian-inflected” restaurant Ci Siamo in the newly minted neighborhood of Manhattan West. “I love riding ...
Confidant Is a Neighborhood Joint That’s Found Its Neighbors
If at first you don’t succeed, location, location, location.” Isn’t that how it goes? Confidant, a gamely ambitious restaurant, opened last spring in Industry City trumpeting its firstness: Neve...
Marcel Moves Into the Breuer
When Robin and Stephen Alesch decided to include a restaurant in their plans for Roman and Williams Guild, the Soho retail wing of their design studio, it may have been out of necessity. “No one get...
Cleo Highlights Lebanese Flavors and West Village Vibes
When Halley Chambers and Kip Gleize saw a small storefront on the corner of Hudson and Jane Streets, they knew it was the right place for their next spot. Coming from Brooklyn, where they run Margot a...
After I Posted a Video of Garlic Bread, TikTok Took Over
For the past few years, I’ve celebrated my birthdays with my Parisian friend Jeanne, whose annual work conference brings her to town every March. The festivities typically involve an ambitious, mult...
As NYC Food Halls Go Bust, One Food Court Is Booming
On a Sunday afternoon in March, a stream of young people and families flowed continuously through the second-floor food court at Tangram, Flushing’s largest shopping mall. Nearly everyone milling ab...